Which version of Windows? If you are using Windows 7 or later then the Windows Photo Viewer is colour-managed, so should display images the same way Lightroom does.Ī properly colour-managed program doesn't need any adjustments about how it displays imagesi it just works. Is there a way to adjust Windows Photo Viewer please? Or can I set desktop photographs to open with a different program? I think this has only happened since I bought a new screen callibrator and reduced the brightness. I assume you mean you are double-clicking the jpeg to open in Windows Photo Viewer, rather than setting the Windows desktop background to the image? The latter doesn't use colour management. The desktop file opens in Windows Photo Viewer and is way to dark, a completely different rendition from what's seen in Lightroom and also what it looks like on Flickr. Step 5: Finally, click Choose defaults for this program (see picture), check the Select All checkbox in the resulting window (or select specific image file types), and then click Save button.I use Lightroom 5 for processing, and when I've processed a shot for Flickr or whatever I export the file to a desktop folder. Step 4: Now, on the right-side, click Set this program as default. Step 3: On the left side, click on Windows Photo Viewer entry. Change the View by to Small icons and then click Default Programs to open the Default Programs window. This is the traditional method of setting Windows Photo Viewer as the default photo viewer. NOTE: If the Windows Photo Viewer does not appear the Choose an app list, please enable it by following instructions in our how to enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 10 guide. To change it to Windows Photo Viewer, click on Photo entry to see Choose an app, and then click Windows Photo Viewer to make it as the default photo viewer in Windows 10. Step 4: Photos app is the default Photo viewer. Step 3: On the right-side, scroll down to see the Photo viewer section. You can also use Windows + I hotkey to quickly open the Settings app.
Step 1: Navigate to the Start menu, click the Settings icon to open the Settings app. Method 2 – using the classic Default Programs Set Windows Photos Viewer as default picture viewer In previous Windows versions, we could use the “Open with” to change default programs, but the feature has been removed from Windows 10.Īlso read: How to enable Windows Photo Viewer in Windows 11 NOTE: As you probably have noticed by now, it’s not possible to change the default photo viewer from the file context menu. After setting Windows Photo Viewer as default, you can always right-click on an image file, click Open with, and then click Photos to open and edit an image file using the Photos app.
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